One has to hear. It is not that, "All right, tapes are there, I'll hear the recorded tapes." sabda-brahma will never descend. [...] You should be greedy. Physical contact is required. You must hear directly, not just by listening to tapes. Sabda-brahma will never descend through a tape. One must hear from a physically present Sri Guru
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- 28 Oct 2010
By The Hindu.comEfforts are being made to realize the immense tourist potential of the state by developing places of historical importance, chief minister K.Rosaiah said here after performing the consecration ceremony of ISKCON Golden temple project at chengishkhan pet village on 22nd Friday
...- 28 Oct 2010
By Curtis RushSo, whatever happened to the Hare Krishna movement? Back in the 1970s, robed members of the sect were frequently seen on street corners, chanting the “Hare Krishna” mantra, with their hair shorn
...- 28 Oct 2010
By Pusta Krishna dasThis is a call to action to all of our Godbrothers and Godsisters with advanced degrees which we can dovetail in the service of Srila Prabhupada. The main purposes of this program are as follows: First and foremost, we must encourage engagement in devotional service from our scholars
...- 26 Oct 2010
By Devaki Prana DasaWe are requesting you all to please come to Sri Radha Kunda on the 30th of October, Saturday around 5.30pm onwards and have the darshana of Radha Kunda, Shyama Kunda and Lalita Kunda which will be decorated with 4500 ghee lamps and then take a Holy bath at midnight
...- 25 Oct 2010
By New Vrindaban CommunicationsFollowing the disappearances of Lord Caitanya and Svarupa Damodara, Srila Raghunath dasa Goswami was so crushed that he decided to commit suicide. “Raghunath dasa planned to jump from the top of Govardhan Hill,” said Varsana Swami
...- 23 Oct 2010
On the occasion of World Holy Name Fest-2010, the Devotees at ISKCON Najafgarh, New Delhi (India) have organized Holy Name Seminar, Pandal Programme as well as HariNaam Shobha Yatra (Procession) very enthusiastically in and around Najafgarh
...- 23 Oct 2010
By Mahat-tattva Dasa
30,000 copies are about to hit the streets of San Diego. Additional 5,000 are going to Los Angeles and several more thousands are going to a few other places in the States
...- 22 Oct 2010
By Mandakini devi dasiThe Temple of The Vedic Planetarium would like to announce that they have now translated their website into Russian! We had such a positive response of viewers that we decided to start adding language options to the site. Spanish is being worked on and Hindi will be next.
...- 22 Oct 2010
Rediscover the joy of reading with Bhagavad-Gita with the Chapter-A-Day (CHAD) program ,a worldwide alliance of devotees who chant at least one chapter of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. This program officially inaugurated by His Grace Vaisheshika Prabhu has been a huge success amongst both the exalted devotees and the neophytes at ISKCON of Silicon Valley
...- 21 Oct 2010
By Srivas CaitanyaThe launch of the Deepavali Damodara Festival for 2010 was unique in that it was enthusiastically participated by devotees from ISKCON Centers from many other states in Malaysia
...- 21 Oct 2010
- 19 Oct 2010
By Yudhistir Govinda DasSunday marked the festival of Vijay Dasami, a festival to celebrate Lord Rama’s victory over Ravana. But the devotees at ISKCON Vrindavan had one more reason to celebrate-the 24th anniversary of inception the 24 hour Kirtan program
...- 18 Oct 2010
By Bibhatsu dasThe planetarium referred to by His Holiness Tamal Krsna Goswami, is now being constructed in Mayapura, India. If you google Temple of the Vedic Planetarium you will get an idea of the planned, outside appearance of the building
...- 18 Oct 2010
By Bibhatsu dasBecause of the scientific community’s departure from scriptural accounts, I have written this article to instill in the reader a healthy skepticism and reveal the speculative nature of modern cosmology, parallax, and astral spectroscopy
...- 18 Oct 2010
We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who participated in the World Holy Name Festival. Devotees held World Holy Name Festival events all over the world. Please let us know how you celebrated.
...- 16 Oct 2010
By Bhakta ShailendIn Sanskrit it is said ‘Utsav priya khalu manava’, which means, all people love festivals because the celebrations enable them to forget their miseries and enmity and build new bridges of love and friendship
...- 16 Oct 2010
By Yasoda Saci Devi DasiIn the beginning of my devotional career, I did not have much devotee sanga, but for over nine years I read Prabhupada's books on my own -- first as a student and then while working
...- 16 Oct 2010
Reincarnation is a subject the world needs to be taught in a hurry. However, using sensational ‘x’ reincarnated as ‘y,’ read-it-and-weep stories will only hurt us. (See: The Diary of Ratnavali Devi Das)
...- 12 Oct 2010
One late Friday afternoon we received a call from Reverend Ntombe, the leader of one of the Methodist churches in Pretoria. He said, "I was told you are from a society that is giving books to libraries. Could you donate some books for our church library?"
...- 11 Oct 2010
By Indradyumna SwamiLife on the festival tour in Poland this summer was austere - the cramped living facilities, the long hours, and the hotter-than-normal weather - but our three hundred devotees kept their spirits up all the way through. Many said that it had been our best tour, as proved by the largest crowds ever
...- 11 Oct 2010
By Braja-Raja-Suta Dasa
After many years of regular participation in Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON Hare Krishna movement, the devotees of middle Tennessee were able to celebrate the first ever Ratha Yatra in Nashville on October 2nd, 2010
...- 10 Oct 2010
By Parijata devi dasiThe four ISKCON temples in Mumbai celebrated the World Holy Name Week from 26 September to 10 October. ISKCON Juhu hosted the first and the biggest event of World Holy Name Week in Mumbai
...- 10 Oct 2010
Many devotees are convinced that by buying shop milk and then offering that milk to Krishna with love and devotion, this will benefit the abused cows whose milk has merged together. Yet other devotees would appreciate some scriptural evidence to support this claim
...- 10 Oct 2010